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Development/Land Use American Land Rights Association: advocates property rights and multiple use of federal lands. Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations California Planning & Development Report College Town Issues: neighborhood, land-use and other college-town policy issues. Community Development Housing Foundation: assists communities, as well as buyers and lenders, with affordable-housing programs. Community Development Society: links to community development sites in the U.S. and abroad. Council of Development Finance Agencies Council of State Community Development Agencies cyburbia.org: formerly the Planning and Architecture Resource Center--"Internet resources for the built environment." Doctor Downtown: an interactive site to assist those redeveloping downtowns or larger commercial districts. EconData.Net: comprehensive links to sources of economic data from local to global. Economic Development Online: an educational site for economic development professionals developing their own Web sites. Economic TeleDevelopment Forum: an online meeting place focusing on the relationship between telecommunications infrastructure investment and community economic development. Interactive Economic Development Network International Downtown Association International Economic Development Council Land Trust Alliance: promotes voluntary land conservation. The Washington University School of Law's Land Use Law site National Association of Development Organizations National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials National Association of Installation Developers: focus on military base closures and property reuse. National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives: focus on locally based economic development. National Civic League: All-America Cities, and much more. National Rural Development Partnership The Kentucky League of Cities' NewCities Foundation: promotes "the economic and social vitality" of "tomorrow's city" New Planning Meridian: links to land use and development Web sites, plus commentary on planning issues. Partners for Livable Communities Planners Web: home of Planning Commissioners Journal. Project for Public Spaces: "dedicated to preserving public spaces as the nexus of community life." Smart City: Web site of NPR's talk devoted to urban issues and trends; includes archives of previous programs SustainLane Government: provides a knowledge base of best-practices sustainable-development documents The Transit-Focused Development page from the University of Washington at Seattle Urban Parks Online: an interactive site of information, ideas and models on urban parks. Waterfront Center: focuses on waterfront development issues World Foundation for Smart Communities: promotes "smart communities" using information technology as a catalyst
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